Complaint about new website

waxhead <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.www
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

I have a couple of complaints / suggestions regarding the new website.

Please compare

www.debian.org
with
https://web.archive.org/web/20201215021123/https://www.debian.org/

FONT SIZE:
The new debian.org uses gigantic fonts. I am not visually impaired and 
for those that are they more likely than not set your DPI/Fonts larger 
on your system level. Please consider using sane fonts like on the old 
webpage which give you more useful information on a smalle footprint.

ACCESS TO INFORMATION:
On the old webpage information is well organized. It is easy to find 
things without having to dig through submenus. if your network has high 
latency this becomes a problem. The old website has a nice list in 
normal fonts making it easy to find that you are looking for.
Please consider making debian.org more compact and add something similar.

THE WEBSITE IS NOT UNIFYING:
I feel the new website is DIVIDING the operating system and the 
community. They do not appear to be ONE entity but two separate 
"products". I think it would make sense to not have the community and 
Debian side by side but rather have the community below Debian which is 
the main product.

PERSONAL OPINION:
Yes, the old website has it's flaws - but compare to the new one I would 
ask you to consider bringing the old website back (which is more usable 
on text mode browsers like Lynx). I suggest that you instead try to 
improve the user experience - what people starting to learn Debian 
really need is to know about the infrastructure and basic use in an 
simplified and easy way. E.g. the IRC channels, how to install and 
remove programs (aptitude), basic use e.g. where to find config files 
/etc/programname/ , how to report bugs, how to track bugs , how to track 
packages , the QA process - the different repos, how the sources.list 
should look by default, that debian has a wiki (and maybe that Arch has 
a wiki as well in case you can't find somethin), how often the package 
archive is updated, how to configure keymaps, basic troubleshooting etc...

It should be easy to add a "crash course" using the concept of the old 
webpage where "everything" can be found neatly organized. Please 
consider doing something with the things that matters - the new website 
is honestly just "copying" everybody else - it is not adding usefulness 
to debian.org

PS! Sorry for being a bit harsh, but the only way to try to improve 
something is to focus on what you do not like instead of what you do 
like. I am not trying to be mean so hope whoever reads this understand 
that I am trying to contribute in a positive way (admittedly by being 
negative) :)

Best regards
- Waxhead
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